Katsina — No fewer than 13 people lost their lives in an outbreak of communicable disease suspected to be meningitis at Karfi Village in Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State. It was gathered that 12 of the victims died at their home while one out of the three persons …
Meningitis is once again weaving a web of death and suffering in India's North-east having taken at least 250 lives so far The inhospitable terrain of northeast India - home to hundreds of ethnic tribes - has been plagued by killer diseases that often assume epidemic proportions. The latest scourge …
By Sanjib Deb Agartala March 9: Worship of ghosts, an age-old practice which almost went into oblivion, has returned with full fury in the hilly areas of Tripura as the medical care process extended by the state government has failed to contain the meningitis epidemic in the Longthorai Vally areas …
AGARTALA Detection of meningo cuccal meningitis in two patients in the outskirts of Agartala has caused panic as the disease has already took an epidemic form in hilly terrain of Longthorai Vally in Dhalai district and claimed at least 17 lives as per official record, though unofficial sources puts the …
AGARTALA Meningitis has assumed epidemic form in Dhalai district, while spreading in new hilly areas of north Tripura. Health minister Tapan Chakraborty has admitted 7 deaths so far but unofficial sources said the disease has claimed at least 35 lives in last two weeks in the state. Worst affected is …
PNS | Shillong Meghalaya Health and Family Welfare Minister Advisor Pariong ordered deployment of surveillance rapid teams across the State with the rising incidents of meningococcal meningitis disease. Since last year at least 130 people died of the highly infectious disease and more than 900 cases, both suspected and confirmed, …
SHILLONG: Meningococcal meningitis has claimed 193 lives in the State this year and there are public concerns that the killer disease is yet to be wiped out from Meghalaya. Director of Health Services Dr KH Lakiang on Wednesday said only ten meningococcal meningitis deaths had been "medically confirmed" by doctors …
A team of epidemiologists has reported that just one-fifth of the standard meningitis vaccine dose triggers an immune response almost as good as that of the full dose, offering a way to potentially stretch limited supplies.
ecological sciences Bird diversity is anti-viral Greater bird diversity protects humans from a deadly virus known to cause meningitis. The West Nile Virus, usually maintained in a bird-mosquito cycle in nature, can be transmitted to humans through a mosquito bite. Biologists from Washington University recently said most birds are bad …
SHILLONG: Despite the government taking help of experts from Delhi to fight meningococcal meningitis, the virus has remained a headache to the Health Department, claiming the life of one more person on Sunday, taking the toll from the disease to nine in the State. A third confirmed death due to …
Crippling epidemics of meningococcal meningitis sweep across Africa with the onset of the dry season and harsh harmattan winds. An affordable, effective vaccine in the works could change that.
In a major break through, a vaccine for meningitis B, caused by bacterial infection, has performed well in a preliminary trial in Britain. Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. Vaccines are available against meningitis A and C, but …
An experimental meningitis vaccine appears to generate more potent immunity than the version now available in young people who suffer most from the disease, researchers reported Monday. Previous research shows the Novartis vaccine, called Menveo, also works in young infants, who are not protected by the current vaccine. BETTER LIFE: …
An experimental meningitis vaccine appears to generate more potent immunity than the version now available in young people who suffer most from the disease, researchers reported Monday. Previous research shows the Novartis vaccine, called Menveo, also works in young infants, who are not protected by the current vaccine. BETTER LIFE: …
